U.S. may cut Canada out of Pacific Rim trade deal, sources s
Newsbot @ Mon Jul 13, 2015 8:23 am
Title: U.S. may cut Canada out of Pacific Rim trade deal, sources say
Category: Business
Posted By: DrCaleb
Date: 2015-07-13 08:03:56
Canadian
andyt @ Mon Jul 13, 2015 8:23 am
I guess we'll have to switch to just subsidizing agriculture directly, the way the US to be allowed to play in this club.
BartSimpson @ Mon Jul 13, 2015 8:30 am
andyt andyt:
I guess we'll have to switch to just subsidizing agriculture directly, the way the US to be allowed to play in this club.
Don't forget to thank Obama because he's the guy behind this whole thing.
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andyt @ Mon Jul 13, 2015 8:30 am
thanks Obama
BartSimpson @ Mon Jul 13, 2015 10:09 am
andyt andyt:
thanks Obama
Freakinoldguy @ Mon Jul 13, 2015 11:12 am
I don't think we have to much to worry about. 
$1:
The negotiations got a boost last month when the U.S. Congress approved "fast-track" authority for President Barack Obama, which allows him to negotiate trade pacts knowing that Congress can approve or reject such deals, but not amend them.
There's a better chance of hell freezing over than of Congress passing any deals that Obama signs.
shockedcanadian @ Mon Jul 13, 2015 11:19 am
Convenient to blame one man for Canada's International trading woes and inability to sign a comprehensive agreement. Who do we blame for the last 75 years of sitting beside the largest consumer economy in the world, our #1 trading partner and we still cannot run a surplus?
As someone who has dealt with the Canadian apparatus for a long time, take it from me, we are not a nation meant to operate on free market principles, we are not an economic system designed to florish in a competitive globalization model. If we can't close a deal it is because many countries see the same problems that others see.
BartSimpson @ Mon Jul 13, 2015 1:36 pm
shockedcanadian shockedcanadian:
Who do we blame for the last 75 years of sitting beside the largest consumer economy in the world, our #1 trading partner and we still cannot run a surplus?
Karl Marx, given that many of his ideas are used to formulate Canadian economic and tax policies.
shockedcanadian @ Mon Jul 13, 2015 2:21 pm
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
shockedcanadian shockedcanadian:
Who do we blame for the last 75 years of sitting beside the largest consumer economy in the world, our #1 trading partner and we still cannot run a surplus?
Karl Marx, given that many of his ideas are used to formulate Canadian economic and tax policies.
Based on your suggestion, what will the fate of Canada be with the increasing competitive and globalized world upon us?
Here's what I think: "see Ontario". That is the microcosm of Canada's future. A jurisdiction that can't attract foreign businesses even while offering one of the lowest business tax rates in North America. I'm just the messenger, hold your fire. You can discuss amongst yourself why this is the case...
pineywoodslim @ Mon Jul 13, 2015 3:43 pm
The TPP is a pustule on national sovereignty. If Canada gets cut out, which is not about to happen, good for Canada.
I wish the rest of the countries involved would cut out the US.
bootlegga @ Mon Jul 13, 2015 5:27 pm
BartSimpson BartSimpson:
andyt andyt:
I guess we'll have to switch to just subsidizing agriculture directly, the way the US to be allowed to play in this club.
Don't forget to thank Obama because he's the guy behind this whole thing.
If we don't get in, it would be reason to thank Obama.
Based on what I've read about TPP, it has all the bad clauses from NAFTA (on steroids no less) with fewer benefits.
Thanos @ Mon Jul 13, 2015 7:38 pm
Pacific Rim? How about Atlantic Rim, where a Category 5 kaiju saves the human race by erupting out of Long Island Sound and eats Wall Street. 
Canadian_Mind @ Mon Jul 13, 2015 7:50 pm
Christ I just watched that terrible movie...
PluggyRug @ Mon Jul 13, 2015 7:54 pm
Thanos Thanos:
Pacific Rim? How about Atlantic Rim, where a Category 5 kaiju saves the human race by erupting out of Long Island Sound and eats Wall Street.
I wish.
